relationships – A New Vision for Mental Health

Forget regret! How to have a happy life – according to the world’s leading expert

Author: Editorial 17th March 2023 0 Comments

“relationships … don’t just make us happy; they also help us weather the unhappy times, the challenges.” This article by Emine Saner is about an interview with Dr. Robert Waldinger (director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which has been…
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a wellbeing society

eudaimonia, happiness, Harvard Study of Adult Development, hedonism, relationships, Research, Robert Waldinger, The Good Life, wellbeing

Explaining Humans

Author: Editorial 9th November 2020 0 Comments

“This vital memoir illuminates the power of being on the autism spectrum” The Times Winner of the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2020, this book – subtitled “What Science can teach us about Life, Love and Human Relationships” – has been…
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autism, autistic spectrum, books, Camilla Pang, neurodiversity, relationships

What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness

Author: Editorial 4th December 2019 0 Comments

What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken. The Harvard Study of Adult Development may be the longest…
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happiness, Harvard Study of Adult Development, relationships, Robert Waldinger, videos, wellbeing

The School of Life: An Emotional Education

Author: Editorial 17th July 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Alain de Botton. The publishers say: “We spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we’re never taught is how to live a fulfilled life [editor’s note: see Bad Education ]. That’s why…
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Alain de Botton, books, children and adolescents, Education, emotional health, emotional intelligence, relationships, Research, resilience, The School of Life